{
  "place_id": "krychiv#7984_11761",
  "wikidata": "Q954914",
  "country": "BY",
  "local_name": "Крычаў",
  "names": {
    "en": {
      "main": "Krychaw",
      "why": "English rendering from Belarusian, chosen alongside the Russian-based and national-system forms supplied below.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kryčaŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian national geographical romanization of 2007, endorsed by the UN in 2012 and superseded domestically in 2023."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krychau",
          "why": "English rendering using u for Belarusian ў."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krichev",
          "why": "Russian-based English spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kritchev",
          "why": "Historical English and Jewish genealogical spelling."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krzyczew",
          "why": "Polish historical name used in English regional history and genealogy."
        },
        {
          "name": "Кричев",
          "why": "Russian original-script name."
        },
        {
          "name": "Крычаў",
          "why": "Belarusian original-script name, supplied for quotations and bilingual source matching."
        }
      ]
    },
    "fr": {
      "main": "Krytchaw",
      "why": "French Belarusian-based transcription with tch, documented in French geographical references; Kritchev is the Russian-based alternative.",
      "alternatives": [
        {
          "name": "Kritchev",
          "why": "Russian-based French name documented alongside Krytchaw."
        },
        {
          "name": "Krzyczew",
          "why": "Polish historical name quoted in French geographical references."
        },
        {
          "name": "Kryčaŭ",
          "why": "Belarusian Latin-script form in French reference works."
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "about_en": "Krychaw is a town on the Sozh river in Mogilev Region in eastern Belarus. Its palace and cement industry represent different periods of its history.",
  "about_fr": "",
  "certainty": "medium",
  "notes": "French naming reference: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krytchaw . Input label 'Кричів' is Ukrainian or indirect; local_name gives the native spelling.",
  "rank": 436,
  "slug": "krychaw"
}